Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-13
A SNAKE STORY.

"PrleC." said the Old Settler rs he
filled his pipe after supper and dragged
the Splnt bottom rocking chair ont Of the
back stoop for quiet smoke, run over
Ia the 'Squirc's an see il his folks has got
through with their las weeks Clarion
Blast a Freedom yit. Seems to me il
takes 'em a good W lie to read that paper
through. sent over fer it Yesterday. an
they sent back word they was readin' on
it theirselfs yit. It'll he time for mex
weeks paper 10 git aroun' fore | have a
squint at wat were goin on las week il
the Squire's folks hols on 10 that paper
much longer. never see how selfish
come folks is. Run over, Peleg, an see if
thcym through with it, an if they can't
send it this time. they kin keep their oil
paper for all o me. Run along, Peleg."
Little Peleg put on his hat and started
lie was about climbing the garden fence
To make short cut to the 'Squire's,
when his grandfather called him.
Hey, Pcleg"' he called ''Hor on
minute Come here
! Pcleg came back The Old Settler
took n few vigorous puffs on his pipe and
then said:
Yer granmammy's gone t" 'Nperi
enCc mrttln nam >hcs
, Pelcg said she had. and his grandfather
said. .'Al right" and Pcleg started once
more for the gar,len fence. But the Old
Settler called him back again. After a
, lew more vigorous puffS at the pipe, and
:. cautious glance around INTO the kitchen,
the Old Settler said, in a low, confidential
toue:
IL S'poSe We don't know whar yer
Z .,.-
Inttl,. - rum an snake raSt - her'n. do
yr.''
Pclcg said hc didn't. and his grand,
father told Him Ia 90 on after the paper.
When Peleg had mounted the fence the
old Settler knocked the ashes ont Of his
pipe dragged his chat. back into the
kitchen and lighted a lamp Then he put
on his spectaclcs, took the lamp and Went
into the pantry. He looked along the
shelves. felt behind two or three big plat
tiers that were slanted on "A shelf against the
wall. took down the catchup bottle. smelt
of il and put it back, looked behind the
door and in all the corners, and came out
into the kitchen apparently disappointed
lie thought moment, and then hurried
10 the tall old clock that licked solemnly
in one corner. He opened the clock and
examined the interior. disappointment
evidently met him there. Then he opened
the drawer in the kitchen table looked
carefully into il and shut il with a slam
The bedroom of then attracted his atten-
tion. He went in, rummaGed through all
the bureau drawers, looked under the bed
and came out again with disgust mingled
with disappointment Oh his face. Then
he Soughf the sitting room and the spare
hedrooa, examined every nook and corner
and came hack into the kitchen looking
very hot and mad He put the lamp
down on the table. threw himself with u
snort into his chair. and at last said:
Il guess M'riar's afccrd th't burglars
II bore their way in here some evenin' an
walk away with that bottle o. durn bitter
stuff o her'n. They d hef TO want sumpin
10 drink pooty bad if they did | never
see, gosh, how s'picious some folks is.
Specially women
Just then little Peleg came in with the
paper from the 'Squires.
Wall" said the Old Settler, they
macIe up their minds at last TO let We have
it, did they
Yes" replied Peleg: but Aunt Peggy
said that maybe you hadn' t never thought
of subscribing to the paper yourself as
being a good way 10 get the news when it
was fresh.
'Scrihjn' 10 it, exclaimed the Old Set
flor 'Scrihin, 10 IL, Wv. didn't usety
,scrihe tn it, Didn't | scribe To if lis TO
holm TN, f,Ilrr along th't started its An
d;dn.t ha son mo u hill for 81 ,houi a vear
,rt.ry'ds an sov he'd t.e nble.ocd if I'd
Irn,, in won come to Town an settle or
som il dnvn hy a n.iphbor, That's w'at
| done. an that's wat he done. Wall, /
ii., son, vo-J tn the onrrntafuI chan tb't
y,,aD 'scrihcI far his n,p.r lis IN holm
INN olnnc I .-no.ed h. 'prrci,ted il an
M wa'n't us. to no sech doiu's cz his
tn,' him ia stnn >endip' his n,ner ia me
;r,r,.iitI,. an. "a vun., ~ I vnrIdn,t hey
hi. nr,,ry sbe,t in mv house An bain't
~ If s,,ncn an ,youliD,t copnarpisc
,,y',if ,,y tntir' il rp,her paIrr w,an
n ,,,ar, don, ',rccia-,. his friends ez wants
:, hoi,, Lin, ,inn., III. sonpar h, o,,its tho
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!, nm n, n.rcacd U,s they hon any min
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paI.'T sot dov,p and o,.pad the nan.r
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s.id ,hn ola 81
p.I,.,, ,,Ionc.d oyer tho manor and hi.
o,, I'll ON ., column baadad ..naodIv
MI II, ,h,, NyiIJ Nya,t ;,
hnr =. 4 Nrl rlltn ltsI hts lar
..Th,t's Ipi;ns,'
TI,ar p.Io[, r.,J ohou, Som. raacaful
s.,,Iar,e,,~s az, tho frnutiar and bow the
,.rr;lJo cvcl,res b,J s,vanr doy-, pnon
,ba,,, LiIl;r,, mon women and Children
d,.strnyiny their houses and even carry,
ing little children away before their dying
parents very eyes.
The bloody scuundrels - exclaimed the
Old Settler. greatly excited. ''Iniins is the
terrihlest critters ez ever roamed on the
face % the 'arth, takiu' 'em all together;
but Vr alluZ said th't that CACluon trih.
a. the b.oodiest on 'em all, | only wlsht
were this COVER mrnt bout "A week, II
wouldn't send lot % sojers out thar
that Il wipe ev'ry red devil OF IA Cycloon
utI"n this mortal globe in less time nm
il d take me 10 tell il; then Id 90 out thar
an let EN- chaw me, h'g gosh. bones, boots
an buttnnS. dod durn EN-. Wat else is
III startlin', PeleG>'
Little Peleg read column after column,